Peyronellaea is a genus of fungi in the family Didymellaceae.

The genus name of Peyronellaea is in honour of Beniamino Peyronel (1890-1975), who was an Italian botanist (Mycology and Lichenology) from the University of Turin.

[2] The genus was circumscribed by Gabriele Goidànich in Atti Accad.

Following a phylogenetic analysis of the asexual genus Phoma, section Peyronellaea was raised to the rank of genus.

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